I heard a very interesting comment from a conservative radio guy on DADT

[proud2BlibKansan]

Local station I rarely listen to but tuned in to get local weather and traffic yesterday. They were discussing DADT and I heard 3 callers. All were adamantly opposed and most made grotesque comments not worth repeating here. But the 3rd caller was the most obnoxious and I was surprised to hear the host challenge him. He finally asked the guy "Do you believe that homosexuality is a choice?" And the guy said "Yes, definitely." So the host said "So if YOU wanted to, YOU could choose to be gay?" And the guy said "Well it's not a choice I would ever make but yes, some people do make this choice." Then he went on to quote some bible passage.

The host interrupted him and said "I'm going to ask you again. I don't think you understand what I am getting to here. If it is a choice, as you claim, why have you NEVER faced this as a personal decision? I mean, it seems like if it was indeed a choice, all of us could say well I thought about it but chose not to be gay."

The caller just froze. Didn't say a word. So the host then repeated that if homosexuality is a choice, all of us who have chosen to be straight should be able to claim a moment in our own lives when we faced the gay choice and turned it down. But we never hear these stories,. Instead we claim that those who are gay have made a choice that none of the rest of us ever remember facing.

Really blew me away.

[Angry Dragon]

1. And that is the question that needs to be asked all the time

of the bigots and homophobes

[toddaa]

2. I always ask homophobes when they decided to be straight

Pisses them off to no end.

[Sal Minella]

5. Same here. All I get is perplexed looks and/or sputtering. n/t

[BR_Parkway]

6. Even better is when you ask which same sex person they found attractive

but decided not to "become" gay... talk about sputtering, it's occasionally very telling and always a great teaching moment

[TheWraith]

3. Good to see a conservative who actually understands logic.

The belief that being gay is a choice means that even the straightest straight man in the world could, if he so desired, CHOOSE to love performing oral sex on another man, just as much as he would having sex with the most beautiful woman on the planet

[WiffenPoof]

4. Wow...What A Great Argument

I have always used the argument that "what person would choose to be gay" in a society that constantly harasses them and treats them with such distain and ridicule. Life is hard enough without having to face this extra hurdle.

The host of this radio show just gave me a very effective point to make that adds to my position in a very creative way.

Thanks for posting.

-PLA

[WillParkinson]

7. I missed the rec window...

But I'm gonna kick this baby!